542 ARCTIAB.E, 



1158. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) 



Bidv.ga rufidisca, HmiDsn. Journ. Bomb. Nafc. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. 



$ . Head, tegulije, base of patagia, and mesothorax brownish 

 yellow ; palpi and irons, metathorax and abdomen blackish ; legs 

 and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad 

 brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its 

 lower edge whitish and strongly crennlate, defined below by fuscous 

 suffusion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; an 

 obscure discoidal spot ; an irregular maculate whitish terminal band ; 

 the spots below apex and above tornus large. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Exj). 12 millim. 



1159. Diduga fumipennis. 



Paidia fumipennis^, Hnipsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 52, pi. 140. f. 7 (1891); 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 96 ; Kifby, Cat. Het. p. 364. 



d . Fuscous brown ; head and tegulge yellow ; legs and anal tuft 

 j^ellowish. Fore wing darker fuscous towards apex; apostmedial 

 ill-defined yellow spot on costa ; the cilia yellow above tornus. 

 Hind wing rather paler. 



$ . Head and tegulse whitish ; fore wing with the j^ellow mark 

 on costa reduced. 



Hah. XiLGiRi Plateau, 7000 feet (Hanvpson), 1 cj" , 1 5 tj'pe. 

 Ex2y. 16-18 millim. 



Genus CONOSIA, nov. 



Type, C. aspersa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching as far as frons ; antemise 

 of male with bristles and cilia ; tibiiE with the spurs moderate ; abdomen 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex 

 rectangular, the inner margin with slight tuft at tornus ; vein 2 from middle of 

 cell, 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 and 8, 9 on long stalks ; 10 free ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 

 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



1160. Conosia aspersa. 



Lifhosia aspersa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 104 (1862) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 339. 

 Lithosia xylinoides, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 107 (1862) ; Swiuh. 



Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 123, pi. 4. f. 17 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 



Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen grey, with some fuscous 



Fig. 399. — Conosia aspersa, cJ . }. 

 before the anal tuft, which is yellowish. Fore wing groy irrorated 



